Judge — February 5, 1927 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon satirizes a figure labeled "Kellogg" (likely Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg) who appears to be slipping or sliding dangerously on ice near warning signs reading "DANGER" and "NICARAGUA." The cartoon depicts him losing his footing in a precarious mountainous landscape, suggesting he's in political peril regarding U.S. involvement in Nicaragua. The title puns on "Slide, Kelly, Slide," a popular baseball song, mocking Kellogg's diplomatic misstep. The warning signs and treacherous terrain symbolize the risks of American intervention in Central American affairs—a contentious foreign policy issue of the 1920s-30s era when this likely appeared.